Vol. 70 No. suppl 3 (2026): 41st Croatian Spring Pediatric School

paedcro-2026-70-suppl-3

This supplement of Paediatria Croatica presents papers and summaries from the 42nd Croatian Spring Pediatric School, held in Split from 20 to 24 April 2026. The Croatian Spring Pediatric School is an international postgraduate educational course dedicated to contemporary topics in pediatrics and intended for physicians, nurses, and other health professionals involved in child health care. The program covers current topics in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes, school medicine, and neonatology, providing an overview of recent advances in pediatric clinical practice.

Published: 2026-04-03

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Historical Review

  • Hundred years of paediatric in Split

    Vjekoslav Krželj
    3-10
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1238

Endocrinology and diabetes

  • MODY diabetes - monogenic hereditary diabetes in young people: a mini review

    Marija Požgaj Šepec
    12-7
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1165

  • How to care for a child with type 1 diabetes mellitus during an acute illness

    Marko Šimunović
    18-22
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1240

  • New possibilities for treating obesity

    Ivana Unić Šabašov
    23-28
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1168

  • Multiple endocrine neoplasia

    Anita Špehar Uroić, Lana Njavro
    29-40
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1200

  • Approach to the pediatric patient with primary and secondary amenorrhea

    Nevena Krnić
    41-8
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1198

  • Endocrinological assessment of infants with cryptorchidism and hypospadias

    Katja Dumić Kubat, Duje Braovac
    49-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1205

  • Most common causes of short stature in children

    Aleksandra Jančevska
    63-71
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1249

  • Approach to a child with thyrotoxicosis

    Veselin Škrabić
    72-80
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1234

  • Hypothyroidism in childhood

    Srećko Severinski
    81-7
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1231

  • When and how to suspect thyroid cancer in children and adolescents

    Ivona Butorac Ahel, Maja Nemet
    88-96
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1159

  • Tall stature as a differential diagnostic challenge in childhood

    Lavinia La Grasta Sabolić
    97-105
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1162

School medicine

  • Screening of children at enrollment in the 1st year - early detection of familial hypercholesterolemia

    Nataša Dragaš-Zubalj, Helena Zoretić, Gordan Zubalj, Željkica Hadrović Pavišić
    107-13
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1183

  • Children's difficulties in enrolling in the first grade of elementary school

    Željka Karin, Tonka Karin, Bruna Bašić, Zara Vučko
    114-21
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1189

  • Mental health risk screening

    Marija Posavec, Tatjana Petričević Vidović
    122-4
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1169

  • Results of the health behavior survey of school children (HBSC) in the Republic of Croatia

    Ivana Pavić Šimetin, Arian Peharda, Dijana Mayer, Tonka Karin
    125-33
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1177

  • Risk behaviors of children and adolescents: Can strengths and difficulties in behavior explain the use of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana?

    Roberta Matković
    134-43
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1230

  • Epidemiological patterns of respiratory infections in children in the post-pandemic period: the role of multiplex PCR in the rapid differentiation of viral and bacterial infections

    Anamarija Jurčev Savičević, Vanja Kaliterna, Duje Rakić, Vinko Zoranić, Marta Righi, Nora Josipa Savičević
    144-53
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1190

  • Prevention by vaccination

    Diana Nonković, Katija Barač Juretić, Vesna Barišić, Petra Petrić Tomaš
    154-62
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1202

  • Reading habits of parents of preschool children in Croatia: the reach of the "Born to Read" program

    Arian Peharda, Anamaria Jurčević, Marija Švajda, Ivana Pavić Šimetin, Marija Radonić
    163-70
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1188

Neonatology

  • Noninvasive mechanical ventilation

    Vesna Milas, Diana Turjak, Krešimir Milas
    172-8
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1239

  • Prevention of chronic lung disease

    Iva Bilić Čače, Ema Šlabek
    179-89
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1178

  • Management and outcomes of infants born at the limit of viability: experience from slovenian tertiary level perinatal centre

    Ljiljana Kornhauser Cerar, Polona Rajar
    190-7
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1191

  • Systematic neuromonitoring – our treatment program for premature infants

    Tomislav Ćaleta
    198-202
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1206

  • Prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis

    Mirna Sipl, Ivana Sarić
    203-210
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1182

  • Exclusive human milk diet for premature infants

    Ruža Grizelj
    211-5
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1179

  • Neonatal thrombocytopenia: diagnostic and therapeutic challenges

    Mirta Starčević
    216-23
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1181

  • White matter injury and perinatal infarction in premature infants

    Anet Papazovska Cherepnalkovski
    224-32
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1186

  • Electroencephalography in neonatology

    Nada Sindičić Dessardo
    233-44
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1192

  • Neural tube defects

    Dorotea Ninković
    245-50
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1197

  • Use of oxygen in neonatology

    Rebeka Ribičić, Dubravka Bačaj Ivanić
    251-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1199

  • Management of a newborn infant of a mother colonized with Streptococcus agalactiae (GBS)

    Branimir Peter, Jelena Mažibrada Spasojević
    260-2
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1244

  • The practice of communication in neonatology

    Katarina Bojanić, Lucija Batur, Mirta Rode, Gabriela Živković, Martina Demaria, Ana Sučić, Mirta Lamot
    263-9
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1193

  • Changes in the European Resuscitation Council Guidelines regarding newborn resuscitation and support of transition of infants at birth

    Darjan Kardum, Ivana Bogojević, Krešimir Šantić
    270-3
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.13112/pc.1185